Indicating device



.flune W, 1935. w. F. BULL INDICATING DEVICE Filed Nov. 1) 1930 wmm 9 m Patented June 18, 1935 II. N T

3 Claims.

My invention relates to indicating devices and refers particularly to composing and typesetting machines, charts, scales and'similar devices to which it can be applied.

The prime objects of the present invention are to provide an inexpensive, simple, durable, positive, easily applied and efficient device for the purpose herein described; for describing and illustrating the present invention 1 have shown same as applied to a typesetting machine.

As an illustration, in composing what is generally known as tabular matter, it is necessary to arrange figures or characters in the different lines in the same vertical line or columnwise alignment; it is also necessary to predetermine the desired spacing of the groups in the dividing of the line into the desired number of groups, in general to predetermine the location of figures and characters in linewise direction. I have shown the present invention applied to a composing machine to determine the above said vertical or columnwise alignment of figures or characters and to secure the desired spacing of the groups in linewise direction.

The present invention may also be used to advantage in composing irregular matter, arranging figures and characters to present a geometrical figure, such as a triangle or other figure and for indentions, leaders, runarounds, type arranged to conform to the shape and size of an illustration, for progressively increasing or decreasing the length of succeeding lines.

On the drawing Fig. 1 is a view of the present invention in one form as viewed from the operators position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail View of one type of indicating marker. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one end of the device and shows more particularly the means of supporting and attaching the present invention to the machine. Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows a modified type or" indicating marker which is also shown at l l in Fig. 1. Fig. '7 shows another type of indicating marker.

As hereinbefore described, the present invention is illustrated on the drawing as applied to a composing machine and as shown is attached to the composing machine by a suitable bracket l held by a screw 2 which enters a structural member 3 of the machine, the said bracket l has an extension la which has a U-shaped slot lb for receiving a suitable bar l, said bar l is retained in the bracket l at the bottom of the said U- shaped slot lb by a suitable screw 5, the said screw 5 is located in the bracket l in a manner to push the bar 4 into the bottom of the slot lb.

(or. ree -so) Said bar 4 may be of any suitable cross-section such as round, square, rectangular, oval, fluted, etc.

As shown on the drawing and hereindescribed, the present invention is applied to a keyboard of 5 a type of composing machine commonly known as the Monotype composing machine keyboard. The em scale 6 is stationary; the em rack pointer l is carried on the em rack "la and moves forward as the line is composed and thus indicates what portion of the line has been set or composed. Indicators of the type shown at ll) in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5 are made from two pieces of fiat spring material having the narrow ends firmly joined together as shown in Fig. 3 and in their free position have an opened shape which is also shown in Fig. 3. In putting the said indicators on the bar 1 the separated or spread apart ends are pressed together and the bar 3 inserted through the hole Ella and as the ends lllb are released the indicator will tend to assume its free shape and thus clamp itself onto the bar l; by pressing together the lower end lllb the indicator may be moved to any lengthwise position on the said bar lor rotated thereon as indicated at We in Fig. 2 as when it is desired to make an intermediate indicator inoperative, or when it is desired to make all indicators inoperative the bar 4 with all indicators remaining in their set position is rotated to bring the said indicators into the position shown at lie in Fig. 2. The movable markers may in some cases be constructed as shown in Fig. 7 which differs from that shown at H] in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5, by having the hole extended to the edge to permit removing the individual marker from the bar l. Any number of indicators may be used on the bar Q, the number of course corresponding to the class of work usually performed on the machine. The said bar l is axially located by suitable collars 8 secured to the bar l by suitable means such as screws 9, the bar l, with the collars 8 and indicators ll) remaining in their set position may be removed from the machine by the unscrewing of the bar retaining screws 5 and a different bar having other spacings of the indicators substituted, without disturbing the set-up on the bar being removed or put on the machine. On certain classes of work it may be desirable to make use of more than one series of indicators, in which case it would be more convenient to use a number of bars l) each with a desired indicator setting as the said bars i are quickly removed from and replaced on the machine with the indicators and bar properly located by the collars 8 as above dea scribed. When jobs occur at intervals or when lines have a difierent spacing the bar 4 may be removed from the machine and stored until again required.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an indicating device, in combination, indicia, a bar in proximity to said indicia, tension held indicators or markers movable on said bar lengthwise of said indicia, said indicators or markers movable on the bar to and from operating position With said indicia.

2. In an indicating device, in combination, a scale, a bar in proximity to said scale, automatically held indicators or markers movable on said bar along said scale and movable to and from operative relationship Wih said scale, said indicators having common means of support, said support removable from machine with indicators in set position, removable and interchangeable indicator supports, said support provided with means of location relative to said scale, slotted means on the machine for receiving said indicator support, and means to fix said indicator support in said slotted receiving means.

3. In an indicating device, in combination, indicia, an indicator supporting bar in proximity to said indicia, tension held indicators or markers on said bar movable with respect to indicia and movable to and from operation with said indicia, said indicators having common means of support, said support removable from machine With indicators or markers in set position for purpose hereinbefore outlined, said support provided with means of location with respect to said indicia, slotted means on the machine to receive said indicator support, and means to fix said indicator support in said slotted receiving means.

WILLIAM F. BULL. 

